Editing Shiitake (section)

==Taxonomy==
The fungus was first [[species description|described]] scientifically as ''[[Agaricus]] edodes'' by [[Miles Joseph Berkeley]] in 1877.<ref name="Berkeley 1877"/> It was placed in the genus ''[[Lentinula]]'' by [[David Pegler]] in 1976.<ref name="Pegler 1976"/> The fungus has acquired an extensive [[synonym (taxonomy)|synonymy]] in its [[taxonomy (biology)|taxonomic]] history:<ref name="urlFungorum synonymy: Lentinula edodes"/>
*''Agaricus edodes'' Berk. (1878)
*''[[Armillaria]] edodes'' (Berk.) [[Pier Andrea Saccardo | Sacc.]] (1887)
*''Mastoleucomychelloes edodes'' (Berk.) [[Otto Kuntze | Kuntze]] (1891)
*''Cortinellus edodes'' (Berk.) S.Ito & S.Imai (1938)
*''[[Lentinus]] edodes'' (Berk.) Singer (1941)
*''[[Collybia]] shiitake'' [[Joseph Schröter |  J.Schröt.]] (1886)
*''[[Lepiota]] shiitake'' (J.Schröt.) Nobuj. Tanaka (1889)
*''Cortinellus shiitake'' (J.Schröt.) [[Paul Christoph Hennings | Henn.]] (1899)
*''[[Tricholoma]] shiitake'' (J.Schröt.) Lloyd (1918)
*''Lentinus shiitake'' (J.Schröt.) Singer (1936)
*''Lentinus tonkinensis'' [[Narcisse Théophile Patouillard | Pat.]] (1890)
*''Lentinus mellianus'' Lohwag (1918)

The mushroom's Japanese name {{nihongo||[[wikt:椎茸|椎茸]]|shiitake}} is a compound word composed of {{nihongo|''shii''|椎|''[[Castanopsis]]''}}, for the tree ''[[Castanopsis cuspidata]]'' that provides the dead logs on which it is typically cultivated, and {{nihongo||茸|take|"mushroom"}}.<ref name="Coates 2004"/> The [[botanical name|specific epithet]] ''{{lang|la|edodes}}'' is the [[Latin]] word for "edible".<ref name="Halpern 2007"/>

It is also [[common name|commonly called]] "[[sawtooth oak]] mushroom", "black forest mushroom", "black mushroom", "[[golden oak]] mushroom", or "oakwood mushroom".<ref>{{cite book |last=Stamets|first=P.|title=Growing Gourmet and Medicinal Mushrooms |edition=3rd |publisher=Ten Speed Press |location=Berkeley, California |year=2000 |isbn=978-1-58008-175-7 |page=260}}</ref>